BCI Churches

Welcome to our Benefice

Thank you for visiting our achurchnearyou pages. We hope the information you find here will encourage you to visit our churches for our services of worship or just to enjoy the tranquillity, peace and beauty of these historic places.

The Benefice comprises the three Anglican churches of Holy Trinity Blendworth, St Michael and All Angels Chalton and St Hubert’s, Idsworth in the Diocese of Portsmouth. In normal times they are usually open every day from 9am until 4pm in the winter months and until 6pm during the summer.

For more information, see the individual pages for each church, or visit the Benefice website:  www.bcichurches.org.uk

Holy Trinity will be closed from April to June as part of the roof will be replaced. All Sowing Seeds sessions will be at Blendworth Church Centre.


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St Hubert's Church ‘One Word, Many Notes' - New Arts Opera

for 2 hours
St Hubert
Old Idsworth Finchdean Waterlooville, PO8 0BA, United Kingdom

Our second concert is bought to us by New Arts Opera, for an evening exploring the theme of love.

As one of the performers, we are very lucky to have the outstanding Anglo-Irish soprano Zita Syme, a Britten-Pears Young Artist whose career spans major opera festivals and houses across Europe. Her many concert appearances have included Haydn’s Nelson Mass and recitals at St James’s Piccadilly and the National Portrait Gallery.

This evening will be far more than a recital. Through tender duets and intimate arias, we will trace how composers across centuries have wrestled with love in all its forms: passion and longing, devotion and loss, hope and heartbreak.

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Musical Picnic

for 2 hours
St Hubert
Old Idsworth Finchdean Waterlooville, PO8 0BA, United Kingdom

Enjoy a picnic and some folk, rock and blues music at St Hubert Church, a beautiful Saxon church in the South Downs National Park.

The Friends of the Church of St Hubert and the Parochial Church Council welcome back Empty Frets to create a relaxed evening at the church.

Empty Frets are a 5-piece band from the New Forest that play based a range of music from the Buddy Holly of the '60's to Paloma Faith, Beth Hart, and Bryan Adams of the '00's. There's a bit of Country, some Folk Rock, and more than a touch of Blues too. Plus a few original numbers thrown into the mixture.

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St Hubert's Church ‘One Word, Many Notes' - The Little Song Party

for 1 hour, 30 mins
St Hubert
Old Idsworth Finchdean Waterlooville, PO8 0BA, United Kingdom

In September, we are thrilled to welcome Penelope Appleyard and Jonathan Delbridge to St Hubert’s.

Breaking our one-word rule just once this season, ‘Sense & Musicality’ tells the love story of Jane Austen and music, exploring the tension between head and heart in her life and writing. Alongside familiar favourites such as the theme from Pride & Prejudice, we will hear Handel, Gluck and traditional songs of the period, as well as Ode to Pity: a rare musical setting of Austen’s own poetry commissioned for her 250th anniversary and featured on BBC Radio 3.

The Little Song Party’s performances have been described as ‘seamlessly blending scholarship with entertainment’. Stunningly scripted concerts where the spoken word and music sit naturally side by side. We can’t wait.

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Safeguarding

Our benefice is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese of Portsmouth’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor [www.portsmouth.anglican.org/safeguarding/].

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.